tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114353219480265259.post3462986347808749161..comments2024-01-07T14:25:51.724-08:00Comments on Sgt. Tanuki's Lonely Hearts Club Blog: Roman Polanski's Knife In The Water (1962)Tanukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00010917992146986329noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114353219480265259.post-62074011422410300162010-01-28T13:56:09.882-08:002010-01-28T13:56:09.882-08:00No way, Larry King got that mixed up? That's f...No way, Larry King got that mixed up? That's funny. The connection really is completely random and meaningless (unless, as you say, you buy his defense which I don't).<br /><br />As for good art from bad artists, I'd have to say that true art lovers must needs separate the two. But that's really hard to do when often the art is celebrated simply because it's from a certain artist. I suppose, then, that the real question is whether we celebrate the product (the piece of art) or the talent that created the art or, even more broadly, the artist him/herself. Or is it typical American parochialism that even makes us think of such issues instead of simply appreciating the art?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114353219480265259.post-3639933223989746802010-01-28T09:49:34.394-08:002010-01-28T09:49:34.394-08:00I'm going to have to face Polanski's "...I'm going to have to face Polanski's "later proclivities" at some point if I keep watching his films, I know. I'm not sure what to think yet, because I never really followed the scandal all that closely. (The documentary Wanted and Desired is in our Netflix queue, though.) The issue is a basic one: how do we feel about art made by artists whose personal conduct we disapprove of? (If I ever do my long-planned Woody Allen series, this question will come up there too.)<br /><br />It's interesting that you connect the Tate murder with Roman's rape conviction. I mean, there's really no connection (unless you buy his defense that the trauma of the one sort of led to the dissolution that made the other possible). But a lot of people both at the time and now connect the two. I read about a recent interview Larry King did with the mother of the rape victim, I think it was, where Larry asked her how she felt about Polanski going free after murdering his wife. And she had to say, "uh, Larry, Roman Polanski didn't murder his wife. The Manson Family did."Tanukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00010917992146986329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114353219480265259.post-49089922675473535652010-01-28T09:19:52.065-08:002010-01-28T09:19:52.065-08:00So I was watching a show on the History Channel ab...So I was watching a show on the History Channel about cults and from it I learned several interesting things (like a useful definition distinction between a cult and a religion and that almost all cult leaders eventually get involved in sexual abuse and that Jim Jones was from Indiana), only one of which even remotely pertains to this blog: Roman Polanski was Sharon Tate's husband, which is only a coincidence since the murder was random but it's kind of creepy considering Polanski's later proclivities, don't you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com